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Had a good trip yesterday, the majority of it was on the A75 which is dual carriageway, unfortunately using local roads would have taken far too long. The road was fairly quiet but as the altitude increased so did the thickness of fog which we were in for about 30 miles then we were back in brilliant sunshine. Looking out of the van window now the sunshine is about to continue today.

... the town including a nice family run restaurant for a late lunch. This featured a fabulous tomato and mozzarella salad, gazpacho and traditional Catalan sausage - a perfect introduction to Cadaques.

At 4 pm we went to see the Dali residence at nearby Portlligat, a remote fishing cove. This is a heavily controlled activity where one waits 40 minutes after picking up pre booked tickets, then gets conducted into some ...

... including the Roman, Jewish, Frankish/Visigoth and medieval aspects. We went to the history museum that displayed materials from Roman times onwards, but it as an inadequate account compared with the impressive displays and curating at the Catalonian history museum in Barcelona. The Jewish museum in Girona seemed to be the best one.

... niblets, walnuts, raisins, olives, grated carrot, tomatoes and a whole avocado neatly sliced across the top (for me the absence of onion was great in this instance) The owner Victoria was there directing traffic as the tables were till being turned over when we left at about 10pm - Victoria liked the look of us and sent an icy cold shot of Limoncello for us to finish the night - speaking to her we discovered she had lived here for 35 years but ...

... ve ever been to, in the middle of the old town of Argelès. La Bartavelle (means red partridge of the mountains of course !) seats just 16. Thibault the chef and his wife Stéphanie the waitress, front of house. OMG! Nuthin' more to say.

Blustery and hot today in Collioure...there are about five different named types of wind round here....which is a bit of a hint ! Last visit, we had ...